Looking for a test reader – full novel (118k words), early feedback welcome

[EBeckett]

Hi all,
I’m looking for a reader who’d be willing to go through my completed novel (approx. 118,000 words / 380 pages) and share their honest thoughts before release. Nothing formal – just general impressions, or as detailed as you’d like.

Even if you end up putting it down on page 10 and never pick it up again – that’s still useful to hear.

Here’s a quick blurb:
In a world where humans and elves share a fragile, uneasy peace, Nephrit, the half-blood, walks the line between them.
Moonlight is a slow-burn, half-blood (half "dark", half "high") fantasy tale of survival, loyalty, and the quiet war between logic and fate.
If you enjoy character-driven stories with strategy, magic, and tension simmering beneath every word, this is for you.

Feel free to DM me if you’re up for it – and thank you in advance!
?EB

 

[Puji-Maki]

Bruh, just post your novel here in Scribblehub.

 

[EBeckett]

Tempting suggestion – but I’m taking the old-fashioned route with this one: proper print and all. So no full upload, I’m afraid.

 

[Representing_Tromba]

Tempting suggestion – but I’m taking the old-fashioned route with this one: proper print and all. So no full upload, I’m afraid.

If that is the case, you would be better off looking for a beta reader through writing.com or Fiverr since this is mostly for hobbyist writers. Traditional publishers mostly do not want anything to do with stories that have been on webnovel sites. If you want to do indie publishing then it shouldn't be a problem. You could also try a closed discord but that can lead to other issues.

 

[EBeckett]

If that is the case, you would be better off looking for a beta reader through writing.com or Fiverr since this is mostly for hobbyist writers. Traditional publishers mostly do not want anything to do with stories that have been on webnovel sites. If you want to do indie publishing then it shouldn't be a problem. You could also try a closed discord but that can lead to other issues.

Thanks, I'll try there. Just a bit frustrating, everywhere said go there, go an other place...

 

[RepresentingWrath]

Thanks, I'll try there. Just a bit frustrating, everywhere said go there, go an other place...

People are busy and don't want to do work for free. Especially if it's something that they aren't interested in.

 

[JayMark]

Good luck breaking into big publishing. Hope you have connections, otherwise just play the lottery because you have better odds.

 

[EBeckett]

I have no connections, and I suppose I never will. Thank you for the reminder.
I’ll just keep writing into the void, as if it ever mattered.

 

[TheIcMan]

Thanks, I'll try there. Just a bit frustrating, everywhere said go there, go an other place...

I wonder which place suggested you to come here LMAO

 

[Representing_Tromba]

the reddit... before banned me

That sucks.

 

[EBeckett]

I wonder which place suggested you to come here LMAO

the reddit... before banned me

That sucks.

permanently... without any warning. I hadn't use any chat or forum in the last 20 years so it was shocking. (at the last time I had been who banned others:) )